The Lotus Eaters

The Lotus Eaters

101 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 12, 1993

Set off the West Coast of Canada in 1965, a hip new teacher with a miniskirt and lots of ideas turns a small town upside down. The soft autumn light of Galiano Island is beautifully rendered in writer/producer Peggy Thompson's The Lotus Eaters, and that's not the only elusive element that this film has captured. In revisiting its particular time and place - the Gulf Islands of the early '60s -Thompson obviously draws on her own family experiences there. For those who share Thompson's love of Gulf Islands magic, the elements she has assembled will feel as familiar as their own childhood blanket. But there are problems at the core of this story about a family's loss of innocence.

The Lotus Eaters

101 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 12, 1993

The Lotus Eaters
Set off the West Coast of Canada in 1965, a hip new teacher with a miniskirt and lots of ideas turns a small town upside down. The soft autumn light of Galiano Island is beautifully rendered in writer/producer Peggy Thompson's The Lotus Eaters, and that's not the only elusive element that this film has captured. In revisiting its particular time and place - the Gulf Islands of the early '60s -Thompson obviously draws on her own family experiences there. For those who share Thompson's love of Gulf Islands magic, the elements she has assembled will feel as familiar as their own childhood blanket. But there are problems at the core of this story about a family's loss of innocence.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Malofilm Productions Inc., Mortimer And Ogilvy Productions
Original title The Lotus Eaters
Directors Paul Shapiro
Writers Peggy Thompson

Cast

Tara Frederick

as Cleo Kingswood

Aloka McLean

as Zoe Kingswood

R. H. Thomson

as Hal Kingswood

Sheila McCarthy

as Diana Kingswood

Andrea Libman

as Jo Spittle

Tony Dakota

as Geoffrey

Michèle-Barbara Pelletier

as Anne-Marie Andrews

Paul Soles

as Tobias Spittle